Jess & Chris 6-21-2008

I can hardly believe that is was just last Saturday that Chris and Jess got married. It still feels like it was yesterday. I believe I said it before but I will say it again everything about their day was beautiful and perfect! The wedding was held in Bennington Vermont in Chris's parents back yard. It was gorgeous. Many of the flowers came from Chris's Mom's garden and the rest came from The Tuscan Sunflower and the Bennington Garden Club's Chrysalis designs. This was a "green" theme wedding all around. Jess wore a Hemp wedding dress from rawganique and we are going to be re-using part of the dress for her wedding album. Melinda Kronfeld a very good friend of Jess and Chris and a member of the ECSC made the cake and desserts. The cake had a lemon icing and the tarts were to die for. She did a fantastic job. The caterer, Thyme Tables, out did themselves. The dinner was simply yummy and they used all organic locally grown vegetables, and free range chickens. Peak DJ kept them on their feet all night. So many people put so much work into this wedding and it all really paid off. It was so special for them to get married in Chris's parents back yard.
OK, I know you are anxious to see some photos so lets get to it! All these images were taken in the back yard.

I love this image and the barn.

A special hankie made specially for Jess.

So much of the day had a vintage feel to it so I really wanted to carry that forward in the photos.

Very proud for Don for capturing this moment.

The Elm City Scooter Club in their glory!

A lovely kiss during the speeches.

We became friends with Jess, Chris and the whole ECSC crew a few years ago at a scooter rally. I can truthfully say that I am so happy to have such an awesome friendship with them and so honored to be at the wedding to document the union of two special people. We will see them this coming weekend at the Philly scooter rally and I can not wait! Love you guys.

The song in the slideshow is what they came down the isle to after getting hitched, its fast, its fun and it fits them perfectly.

Chris & Jess Wedding Teaser

What an amazing weekend! Don and I just got back from Vermont where were spent a couple extra days after Chris and Jess's wedding. The wedding could not have been more perfect. The weather on Saturday was dreamy as were the bride and groom. It was supposed to rain but did not and the temperature was perfect.

I am just starting to look through all the images now but wanted to give a quick sneak peek.

This is one of my favorite moments.

Check back later this week for a slideshow, Chris and Jess I hope you are enjoying Block Island! Can't wait to see you again in a few weeks.

Alison & Kevin 6-7-08

When I arrived at the house Alison was getting ready at I felt like I already knew everyone, they were all so excited to finally meet me after seeing the engagement photos and while Alison was getting ready she expressed how excited she was to have me there to document the day. She said all she needed from the day was her husband, her ring and her photographs. I can tell you that I am very happy to oblige giving her these photographs to remember such a happy day.

They were married in the cutest little chapel I have ever seen, the Wayside Chapel in Ambler. It was first built as a school house in the 1800's but has been a chapel since the early 1900's. Sure there was no AC but they did have ceiling fans and with so much excitement and emotion in the room I forgot all about the heat and humidity that day.
The reception was held at the William Penn Inn in Ambler, everyone there was super friendly and they have some very cute little nooks and crannies to take photos in. Jimmy of the East Coast Disc Jockey's kept everyone on the dance floor. It was a fun wedding and I thought it was really cool that Alison and Kevin had a little scrap booking section for all the guests to have their photo taken, printed and then write a little something for them so that by the end of the night they went home with a photo of each guest in a very unique guest book.

Here are two more of my favorite portraits of Alison and Kevin

This is an image packed slideshow with some fun moments during the reception, enjoy!
Alison and Kevin I hope you are having a blast on your honeymoon.

Alison & Kevin Teaser 6-7-08

Wow. So yesterday was awesome and I am exhausted! Anyone on the east coast knows that yesterdays weather was like being in a sauna, hot and sticky! But through the heat and the sweat Alison and Kevin and their whole bridal party for that matter were so up beat and happy that looking through the images this morning (in the air conditioning) I would never believe it was so hot.
I flew solo yesterday and did not have a chance to give Alison and Kevin a sneak peek slideshow at the reception so I promised them to have a couple images up before they leave on their European honeymoon. I will have a full post in a few days with a slideshow, which with some of the reception shots is going to be awesome. So without further ado, a sneak peek from each part of the day.

Woohoo Married!
I love that Alison's sister and Kevin's brother are cheering it up for them on each side.

A detail
Alison's bouquet was gorgeous.

The light for portraits, AMAZING.

I have a full sequence of the bouquet toss and LOVE this moment.

Alison and Kevin you guys are awesome and your day was fantastic! Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of it and capture some amazing moments. I hope you have a chance to check back during your honeymoon for your slideshow! Have a great time.

Allison & Barry Wedding 6-1-08

Sunday was such a gorgeous day! It was a pleasure to spend it with Allison and Barry documenting their wedding. They were married at the Overbrook Golf Club in Villanova and the grounds there are awesome. Miss Linette joined me for our first wedding together this year and I can not wait to shoot the next one with her, but thats not until August. She got some amazing images, some of which you will see in the slideshow.
Allison's flowers were provided by Petals Lane in Manayunk, the flowers were simply beautiful.
Sweet Jazmines provided the cake and I can truthfully say I have not had a more tasty wedding cake! It was delicious.
The Mad Jazzsters provided the reception entertainment, and Allisons bridesmaid Kris was the singer! Micheal Simmons provided the pre-ceremony and ceremony music.
I also wanted to say thank you to Jimmy who was running around for us all day at Overbrook, he was so friendly and kept everything running smoothly. Ok now on to the images! Be sure to check out the slideshow at the bottom.

Allison's dress was spectacular.

All the bridesmaids received these cool tote bags from Allison filled with all sorts of essentials.

I love the getting dressed shots

I LOVE this image.

It makes me chuckle and it truly conveys the exact moment in making last minute adjustments.

This is one of Linette's shots of Barry getting ready. Its so timeless, I love it!
I have never seen Allison more beautiful than she was on Sunday.
She was just glowing all day. It was an amazing day. I love a punchy blue sky.

One of my favorites of Allison

Barry showing his true personality, he is such a hamb.Jewish weddings are a blast, I love all the traditions.
The Hora is always so much fun.

Allison and Barry are headed off on a lovely honeymoon cruise, have a great time you guys and congratulations!

Enjoy the Slideshow

Allison & Barry Wedding Teaser

Allison and Barry had a wonderful wedding on Sunday. Everything about the wedding was beautiful from the weather to the flowers, the dress and the Bride and Groom! I will be posting a full recap very soon but I know I get anxious to see something, anything after the wedding so here is a teaser to get you by.

I think this is an appropriate teaser because just as I held the anticipation for Allison and Barry before they saw each other I am doing the same to all of you checking in to see the images.

Check back before the end of the week, their images and slideshow will be up by Friday, maybe sooner!

Carina & Ron Wedding

When I got the call from Ryan Estes asking if I was available on 4-19 to come out on a wedding with him and that the bride had specifically asked for me I was totally humbled, how cool is that? I was so excited going to this wedding because I knew Carina and Ron were going to be an awesome couple and as always super excited to work with Ryan again. There were a lot of bumps in the road the week before the wedding, having to find a new reception venue four days before the wedding and the limo catching fire before picking everyone up but all turned out well. They moved the reception to the College of Physicians and the limo company sent out a replacement. All was well and everyone took it in stride. So enough talk, I am excited to share some images, and Ryan of course has images and a slideshow posted on his blog so please make sure you head over there to check it out.

Beautiful Carina waiting before the ceremony

One excited groom

Practice paid off and Carina's dad lifted the veil flawlessly.
Its cool to see Ryan's view of this same shot on his blog.

Married!A moment of great light as everyone was waiting to go back in the church for photos.

They are such a lovely couple

Carina's mighty handsome husband!

I love spring and the colors it brings.

A little abstract detail

The speeches were great, they laughed, they cried, well done.

The cake cutting was hilarious.
Ron knew he wasn't supposed to get messy but he took his chances, and just so you know Carina did get him back.

I just like the feel of this one.

So thanks again for having me out, I was so excited to tag along and document your day.
Best of luck to you guys, and enjoy the honeymoon.

Alison & Kevin Engagement Shoot

First off I hope everyone went out and voted today! I will be very curious to see who Pennsylvania favors.
So thats it with the politics, which I am really not big on. On to more exciting things like Alison and Kevin! We had a blast on Sunday and it was such a gorgeous day. Alison and Kevin are true outdoors people and after chatting a bit seems that Kevin is quite the history buff, he would do a good job guiding tours at the Fonthills Museum where we did our shoot! He was full of all sorts of information about the property,which by the way I love this place. So many fun spots to choose from and I love the spring, such vibrant colors.

Alison and Kevin are my 6-7-08 couple and I could not be more excited to shoot their wedding!

Aren't they adorable?

I think they are both naturally photogenic.

Totally hot.

I enjoy being surprised by unintentional shots, as I was getting set up for this shot I fired off a few frames just to make sure my settings were just so as Kevin and Alison were patiently waiting for my instruction and this was the test shot, it turned out to be my favorite of the bunch.

I could not wait to get them in the field of dandelions. We did these at the end, and good thing since we were all covered in yellow pollen afterwards!

I love this sea of green and yellow.

Such a fun afternoon! Be sure to check out the slideshow, a ton of awesome stuff in there even one of them running from the law! :) Not to mention Kevin is a man of many faces and provided me much entertainment going through all these images. Enjoy.

Carver's first Birthday

I really can't believe it has been a year since this little guy made his appearance in this world! Linette and Kyle have become such great parents. It has been so fun watching them grow as a family this past year. I seriously don't know where the time has gone.

Just a quick trip down memory lane to one year ago.

Here is the little guy in the first few days of his life.

The new family one year ago, my how time flies!

Look at the little man now, one year old, growing so fast!

The wonderful Kielinksi's

Carver's cousin Dom taking him for a cruise.

I love this. Check out how intensely Carver is eyeing up his cake! MMM yummy!

Mom and Dad cutting the first birthday cake for their little boy, in their new house and new kitchen.

And I just love this portrait of Linette and Carver.

Can this kid get any more adorable?

There are plenty more photos where that came from, so check out the slideshow below. Special music chosen specifically with Linette in mind. Love you guys and I am so happy Don and I were there to share such a special day. The party was so fun, be sure to check out Linette's blog to see more.

Edit: I just swiped this from Linette's blog.
I find this image Kyle took of me and Don at the party absolutely hilarious!

Allison & Barry E-Shoot

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Allison & Barry yesterday afternoon for their engagement shoot. They are getting married June 1 at the Overbrook Golf Club, I am really looking forward to it, it will be just gorgeous.
The days I get to hang out with the B&G for these shoots are really important. This was my first time meeting Barry and man he is a total ham. Love it. He did the crazy stuff I asked him to and it totally broke the ice for everyone.

This one is my favorite of the day.

The total ham I was talking about.

More play time, Barry is going to be a great dad.

I think this says a lot about the two of them.

Oh man, too much fun. I had a great time with you guys. I can't wait to see you again on the wedding day.

Your slideshow

Ruder Than You

No worries, its a band! Saturday was a whirl wind of a crazy day. Mother nature was having a grand ole time and gave us a good run for our money. Ruder Than You just recorded a new record so we set out to get some shots for the album and they needed updated shots of the band as a whole.

I will share a lot more of the photos from their shoot and a slideshow to one of their songs but for now just this one. I gave them this print framed at their listening party last night.

Be sure to check back and happy Monday!

Alex & Sam's first birthday

This past weekend was full of Korean tradition! Not related at all and total coincidence. Sunday morning after my wonderful day at Rich & Yun-Jin's Korean wedding I got to photograph Alex & Sam's first birthday celebration. It was so cute to see them in their little Korean outfits. They had the same type of alter setup I had just seen for the first time the night before. I do not know what it is called however, maybe someone does?

On to the photographs.

Meet Sam on the left and Alex on the right.

They weren't quite sure what to think and Alex was really interested in tasting everything!

A little detail from their outfits.

Just too darn cute.

break time, getting photos taken is hard work. Little ones need to be re-energized.

Fun shot with Mom.

Such a sweet moment between Sam and Mom and Dad. I just love both of these images.

Cake!
On a side note it was really funny how differently Sam and Alex approached their birthday cake.
Sam totally devoured her piece and it was all over the place while Alex very selectively chose pieces to eat off the cake and her piece still resembled cake when she was done.

Such a pleasure it was, and I can vouch that the cake was out of this world yummy.

Enjoy your Slideshow!

Rich & Yun-Jin's Wedding

Get comfortable, this is a long one. What a day I had Saturday with Rich and Yun-Jin. We had an amazing beautiful day, all week we thought it was going to rain. Ryan Estes joined me for the day, and wow wait until you see some of his photos. He should have some posted on his blog soon. We had such a blast. Rich and Yun-Jin gave us four hours with just them for photos! How crazy is that? That never happens. We took full advantage and have the photos to show for it. We went all over the city, Belmont Plateau, the whispering wall at the Civil War memorial, Penn's Landing, Old City, and FDR park. Plus a pit stop at Cosi for coffee. I could chat all day, but you need to see these images!

Yun-Jin beautiful just getting ready.

It was easy to get fantastic photos of her.

First stop Belmont Platueau. It is a little Philly secret, amazing skyline view.

Beautiful day, Beautiful couple, Beautiful photo.

Off to the Civil War Memorial and my signature fisheye photos.

Full of flare on the whispering bench.

More beautiful scenery at Penn's Landing.

We found amazing light in Old City at Head House Square.

See why I have had such a hard time editing the photos down for this post?

I LOVE this, they were just so much fun and so playful. Yun-Jin was awesome for braving the cold, you would never know it was only about 35 degrees out!

My favorite street in Old City.

On to FDR park. Such great flare all day!

Our limo driver Chris is the one who suggested FDR park, I have never photographed here before. He picked a fantastic location.

I love it, they were so happy all day.

The ceremony and reception was at August Moon in Norristown.
Rich sneaking a peek at Yun-Jin during one of the prayers.
One side note, the whole ceremony was in Korean so Ryan and I were on our toes the whole time so as not to miss one moment.

After the traditional ceremony we went into a separate room for the Korean ceremony Pae baek. Where they were dressed in bright colored robes, traditional Korean wedding outfits.

You will see more photos of this in the slideshow. This was my first experience with a Korean wedding and it was just amazing. I loved learning a little about another culture, although everything was spoken in Korean. During the Pae baek the bride and groom bow to the grooms parents introducing the bride into the new family. The grooms parents then toss dates and walnuts for the bride and groom to catch, this symbolizes catching prosperity and offspring. Then other family members offer good wishes to the bride and groom. At the end they share the date, which is what they are doing in the photo below. Then the groom carries the bride on his back around the room, I forget why though. You will see more photos in the slideshow.

Enjoy the slideshow!

Joan & Richard's 50th Anniversary

Saturday evening I went out to document a very special occasion for this family. Joan and Richard's 50th Anniversary. All of their children flew in from across the country to be here for them on this momentous occasion! They have six children, and even more grandchildren. This was a full house and it was certainly spilling over with love.

Here they are fifty years ago and then today. Don't they look fabulous!

Each of the grandchildren received a wonderful snow globes with a photo from their grandparents wedding day.

This is a clearer photo of the image in the snow globe, I love it.
Such a classy couple.

You can't get through the night without one of the grandchildren climbing into the furniture.

Here they are, all of Joan and Richard's children.

The children with their families.

I gave you the teaser shot of the grandchildren yesterday, still cracks me up just look in the post below this one.

One big happy family!

You were all great, I hope the rest of the evening was just as fun.

Here is your slideshow

Classic kid group shot

I photographed a really sweet 50th Anniversary party on Saturday evening and going through the images quickly tonight this image of the grand-kids got my eye and it cracks me up. So typical I think. I will certainly be posting more images from this event but I had to put this one up tonight.

The grand-kids group shot was a must have, the two little ones were less than thrilled but the show must go on! Better to document the moment than not have them in the shot at all. I personally LOVE this image.
This was a super family and I will have more to post about them later.

Helping hand with MANNA

Friday a group of wedding photographers met up to help prepare meals for MANNA. Sofia does a lot of work through out the year for this organization, when she called on us get volunteers to lend a helping hand we were all there happy to jump in.

Here is the group of us, flattering hairnet and all.

Annie Hosfeld (missing from this photo, boohoo she had to leave right before we took it), Missy Sowden, Ryan Estes, Gordon Smith, Heather Fowler, Stephanie Nolt, Sofia Negron, Jackie Bayne, me, and Geoffrey Horowitz.

Jackie and Sofia looking oh so pretty! (They are going to kill me for posting this.)

Me and Heather sporting our fabulous hairnets.

Heather was really excited for me to take this photograph.

Ryan, who knew a hairnet could look so good?

We bagged a ton of cereal!I stole these last few from Jackie's site, she has more on her blog make sure you head over there to check it out.

I just find this photo hilarious!

I don't think I can work the hairnet as well as Ryan can, it is much more flattering on him.

It was really great to get out of the office and do some good for people in need. MANNA is a great organization and I am happy to have been able to contribute in some small way.

Nuala's 2nd Birthday

Saturday was Nuala's 2nd birthday, and I had the privilege of being there again for the party. It has been such a pleasure watching this little girl grow up! You can check out last years birthday here.

So serious at first yet so adorable!

She was very excited, within the first five minutes of my being at the house two different presents were dropped off. She could hardly wait to open them.

The party was held at the Fleisher Art Memorial, they did a superb job of setting up all sorts of fun crafty stations for the kidos. Nuala's first stop was to make a button.

Print making for two year olds.

Painting fun with vegetables.

Rebecca and Kevin are awesome parents, so proud of their little girl and a good looking couple.

Very happy family!

The end of the party was crazy! All the kids got balloons and they were having the time of their lives running around the room with them.
Nuala went from having just one balloon to having eight!

Of course I feel special when the parents request a photo of me with their child.

I can't believe how fast Nuala is growing up and that I have been able to document so many stages in her life starting from when she was still in the belly!

Be sure to check out the slideshow, you should recognize some of the kids from the party last year and from some of my other moodybaby photo sessions.

Shooting with Ryan

A couple of weeks ago I shot a really fun wedding with Ryan Estes. This guy is super busy and you can see why! He was a ton of fun to shoot with. We have been friends and sending referrals each others way for a while now, but this was the first time we actually got to shoot together. I am looking forward to shooting with him again.

He is such a hamb.

Here are a two of my favorites